And my children will have massive advantages over their hopelessly-addicted-to-technology peers.

My children (who don't have TV, won't be playing video games, and even their parents don't have cell phones) will have a much higher level of patience, the ability to write a paragraph of comprehensible text, a decent attention span, a knowledge of the real world, a high level of comfort around real people, politeness, etc.

And they won't be debt slaves. What do you think 24/7 advertising does to a person's level of "consumerism"? The less advertising, the better.

And you can't think deeply (contemplate, meditate, philosophize) about anything when you're always "plugged in". You also can't relax!

My wife and I are deliberate about everything we buy. We don't impulse buy. As a matter of fact, if everyone were like us, advertisements would be like those in the 1930's where they demonstrate (rationally) how this laundry detergent gets clothes whiter. They don't do that anymore. Now it's all about feelings, impressions and brand-building.

Technology can atrophe your brain if you use it too much. It's like a crutch. Technology is not evil, but you DO have to be prudent about its use.

How many women don't know how to cook, because of the wide availability of convenience foods, cheap processed food, the microwave, etc.? How can we say that's 100% progress? I'd say you got something and gave something up.

How many men can't change their own oil if they had to? (I'm not saying that I can -- but I'd like to learn! And I have changed the oil on my riding mower at least. I've learned a ton of down-to-earth skills in the past 5 years, so I'll have to give myself time. I'm currently learning to drive a diesel tractor w/front end loader and shredder)

I'm simply choosing what everyone else is throwing away -- just to see what happens. Not that I don't know what happens -- I know that people in the 1910's were much wiser, much smarter, much more well-balanced, etc. than people today.